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Two members of the US Congress, Representative Rahm Emanuel (D-IL-5) and Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) separately announced legislative initiatives this past week to increase the use of natural gas as a transportation fuel. Currently, natural gas costs about half of the price of gasoline and produces approximately one-third less emissions.

As ethanol from corn comes under fire due to rising corn prices, attention is turning to other ethanol sources. Plans are in the works to build a plant in northwest Indiana which would make ethanol from municipal waste. Approval of the plant was announced by the Lake County Solid Waste Management Board in January 2007.

Texas authorities have approved the investment of five billion dollars for the construction of a system that will carry electricity obtained from wind energy in the big cities.

The project proposes 50 underwater turbines turned by the ebb and flow of the tide with a 3-mile-long transmission line that would carry the electricity to land to be sold to local utilities. Nantucket and Edgartown would be the beneficiaries of the 2 megawatts of peak output.

A small town of Rock Port is touted to be the first U.S. town powered completely by wind. The four turbines that comfortably supply electricity to the small town of 1,300 residents are part of a larger set of 75 turbines across three counties.

Pressed by the oil prices and allegations of pollution, operators from aviation industry have flap the green flag at the aviation fair from the English town Farnborough. The giants Airbus and Boeing have left behind the competition and supported together the sustainable aviation.

For those who don’t now, Nano is a car from the Indian company Tata Motors. This mini car would sell at $2500 and will have new green features that would please many eco-savvy people. As some latest news say, Tata will release an air-powered model, running a compressed air engine from MDI Enterprises.

Rolls-Royce and British Airways have announced the initiation of a program of scientific testing to investigate the viability of alternative fuels in avionic industry. study will reveal practical alternative to the standard fuel used in today industry, the kerosene with the potential to significantly reduce airplanes carbon emissions.

U.S. researchers have developed the solar device that can do this source of renewable energy cheaper, using pieces of glass covered with organic paint.

2.3 million people throughout the world are working, directly or indirectly, in the field of renewable energies, and high salaries are in countries where governments support projects development, is shown in the study of the Worldwatch Institute, quoted by GreenBiz.

The group Enel, the largest Italian company, announced Thursday that plans to build a wind turbine park near the coasts of Sicilia, this will be the first offshore windmill park in the Mediterranean Sea.

British company ITM Power has developed a hydrogen power system which could be used by cars that use this type of fuel. The pump can be installed at home making this useful and easy to use.

Surya, the world’s first eco club opens today in London. The initiative belongs to the new organization Club4Climate. Dance floor is so high-tech that generates its own electricity when the people dancing on him. Organizers have promised that they will start an action, which others can follow.

Toyota Motor Europe announced today that will make over 3000 Toyota distributors from Europe , through the application of environmental standards for the premises which will be built , but also for those who already are available.

Auto manufacturers Nissan and Renault collaborate with the Portuguese Government for the promotion and development of electric cars and upgrading infrastructure for such vehicles.

Hyundai producer announced that it will build a hybrid model. The car is a premiere for the entire automobile industry, considering the fact that will be horseless through the most advanced batteries available at this moment and an engine that uses GPL fuel,informs Motor Authority.

General Motors will build the biggest solar panels roof from Europe , says “Financial Times” in an article quoted by the Agency France Presse. Solar Center will be located on the largest factory held in Europe by the American automobile manufacturer.

Britain wants to slow the large-scale adoption of biofuels, for fear that the food prices will increase greatly, and the environment will suffer an imbalance. Ruth Kelly, secretary of the Ministry of Transport in the UK said that the biofuels use means less carbon emissions, but there are a lot of questions about their use.

Investment in green technologies have reached two billion dollars in the second quarter of this year for companies Cleantech. The most important investments were made in solar-thermal systems and in new technologies for biofuel.

Ferrari joining to the auto manufacturers which reduce their emissions of greenhouse gas emissions through the construction of easier cars and through implementation of hybrid technologies, confirmed the company’s president Luca Cordero di Montezemolo for the german newspaper Welt am Sonntag.

The following versions of the Toyota Prius, the world’s first eco-car produced in series, will be equipped with solar panels.

Despite the problems encountered in the process of developing a performance system of classification for servers, Environmental Protection Agency from the United States (EPA) plans to launch a phase of the first versions of new Energy Star standards until the end of the year, informs Greener Computing.

Hidden Valley Cabins is the first neutral resort in terms of carbon from Australia. The location is powered only by solar energy. Due to the use of solar energy, the resort economize 78 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year.

Logan International Airport from Boston has saved approximately one tonne of carbon dioxide since it installed in March, 20 wind turbines on the roofs of its offices. Officials declare that the turbines are expected to generate 100,000 of kilowatts hour per year, or about 2% of the energy consumption of the building.

In my opinion any crazy idea needs encouragement because it can working. Spending my time on the Internet i found an very interesting article about a turtle shaped craft, powered by solar panels by day and biodiesel at night.

Across the planet wave energy is something that is constantly and vastly available. In the industry of renewable energy, solar energy has emerged as the indisputable leader because has broken away from the rest of the industry. Tidal energy and wave energy are being explored and lots of new interesting gadgets are powered from these wonderful sources of energy.

Japanese showed once again that they are the best by creating for electric vehicles renewable charging stations. Developed by the Tokyo Institute of Technology and Mitsubishi Corp , this one’s a catch indeed as it reduces the usage of atomic and thermal power.

So-called organic fuels have caused an increase of food prices by 75%, according to an unpublished report of the Global Bank (GB).The publication pointed out that the report was completed in April, but was not published to avoid to put in a delicate situation the U.S. government, which claimed that biofuels led to an increase of food prices with only 3%.

There is nothing we enjoy more this week than the announcement made by Mercedes Benz which plans to give up in totally until 2015 to produce cars that operating on the basis of fossil fuels.